Mike Sixel
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Great post...... I agree, there would be a TON of noise in looking at individual games. What about a simulation where every player hits .280, on a consistent basis, game over game, vs a series of simulations where every player hits .280, but one month it is 240, and the other month it is 320? You'd need to run thousands of simulations to account for some times when all the players hit well the same month, vs not........ to me, I'm just curious if consistent performance, game after game, is more or less valuable than a series of games where a player is o fer vs 2-4 fer.....
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uh.....bidding on Korean FAs is pretty secretive.....the J2 stuff is pretty much a known at this point Not even close to the same kind of market. And, getting 1 "of the top" players isn't enough, imo. Not if your stated strategy is to rely on the minors. YMMV, of course.
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As above....you left off the part where they then flipped one of those guys for other players that are playing for them..... Also, are you really comparing trading for 1 RP to trading for 2 starting pitchers as degrees of going for it?
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Dangit, I knew I forgot someone! ummmm....thinking..... May (assuming he looks good in a couple rochester starts) Berrios (I'd have him up in another start or two, I'd guess they use the artifical date of the ASG) Gibson (can't give up on him) Nolasco (unless traded, which seems unlikely) Duffey (move him to the bullpen) Santana I'd want to see what May can do. I get some don't agree, hence the question and request for a discussion.
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I've tried to find a study on this......is it better to have guys hit 1 for 4 every game.....or 2 games with three hits and 4 games with no hits (or something like that)? Which one leads to more wins over 162 games? I can't find one, but I'll ask on a FG chat or tweet one of them, and see....
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that's a fair question: May Berrios Gibson Nolasco Duffey Anyone I missed?
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By WAR....take it or leave it.... Twins were 14th in RP in August 18th in Sept/Oct that doesn't seem like a "strength" to me. I doubt we'll agree on this, frankly. I felt it was a half hearted attempt, and not a real go all in attempt (for the bullpen....which is what we are discussing). For the price of a guy that might be a SP or a better long term RP prospect, I'm not sure I would have done it.
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Well, I'm not sure this is what is going to happen.....but I don't have a warm fuzzy right now. I NEVER believed they were going over this year, so that isn't surprising (but remains disappointing).
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they could choose to go over that amount.....they have chosen not to. And, they are listed on NONE of that list. While some argue "there is no way to predict a 16 year old"....I find that hard to believe. It seems likely that not every team is wrong, and that the expensive guys are more likely to be good (not guaranteed, btw, more likely).
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Well...this board is depressing if you thought the Twins were going to go all in this year.....of course, these are just projections, but for a team that insists it wants to build from the minors, I absolutely hate their approach to international signings. The Twins' one group that has been great is the 1 time they went all in......probably not a coincidence, frankly. http://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=2016int&type=0&pos=all Also, this intro.... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-2016-july-2-sortable-board/
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I think he's been pretty clear he wants to be a starter, but I could just be reading things wrongly....
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Thanks for the comments so far! Nicely done not going back and forth on the past! I forgot to add, I think he has talked about his inability to stay completely healthy as a RP as one reason I'd move him back.
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thanks. KLAW likes Hu, btw. Never seen him say he's going to be a star, but he does like him. from a recent article: "like most of teh Taiwanese pitching prospects we've seen before, he has a wide range of pitches and good control. He touches 95 (my comment....so, ya, he can throw hard) but lacks anything that's a clear swing and miss weapon just yet, although his changeup has promise."
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Right, if this was new, I would not be worried, but it reminds me too much of the last two years to feel like it is an aberration. I used to love watching mauer hit, now it makes me sad to recall what he was.
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I REALLY don't want a bunch of bickering about what the Twins have done.....we all know that...... but, I'm curious...what would you do with May now? Me? I'd stretch him out in Rochester, and let him start the rest of the year in MN. This seems like a good year to see what they have. I would not pull him for any reason other than injury, and would let him play it out.
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I'm curious how you know that, since we can't scout them. I have no idea, btw.
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With the not really dead Blackfish leading the way! Sorry, couldn't help myself....I keep typing that for no good reason.
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It's not hindsight when people said it at that the time......
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Okay, we only "know" she killed the two sons Walder asked about......but there were no other Freys in the Hall, and there are always Freys in the Hall..... We will likely not know who all she killed, I'd guess every male heir, but I could be wrong on that. What does this do for Edmure, the idiot?
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Hmmmm, maybe I heard wrong, I'll go scour the internet for that info....brb....
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All three snakes working together, yes, that makes sense. I like that almost more than Sandor doing it, frankly. I'd like to see him "redeemed" as it were, and revenge killing your mean brother doesn't do that.
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She did kill the women Freys, right? The people that did nothing to anyone, ever?
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I love reading these reports every day, thanks everyone. I also love reading that Berrios has pitched well again!
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to me the issue was the half step....they needed 2+ arms in the bullpen, and they gave up an asset to get one. Either you are trying to win, or you aren't. But half steps are the worst, imo.
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Arya is pretty much a serial killer now, right? While we can root for bad people to die in fiction, I'm wondering if I'll still be a fan of hers in the next 13 episodes..... I say the Hound is the last one standing....
